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WASHINGTON -- A federal judge July 17 ordered the Trump administration to begin accepting new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. Judge Paul W. Grimm of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland...
EASTON, Md. — Two students from Ss. Peter and Paul High School in Easton, Md., have been recognized for their entries in the Congressional Art Competition, with one to be displayed at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. “The Boot,”...
NANTES, France — French police have opened an arson investigation into a fire at a Gothic cathedral in Nantes. The blaze broke out in three places in the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul July 18. Although more than 100 firefighters...
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican's Congregation for Clergy issued a new instruction on pastoral care that specifies the role of lay men and women in the church's mission of evangelization and offers guidance in parish reforms and restructuring. The 22-page...
First communion celebrations did not happen in the spring as they usually do, thanks to efforts to limit the spread of coronavirus. Among those making up for lost time was the first group of youngsters from Christ the Teacher School....
SCRANTON, Pa. — Sister M. Isabel Schratwieser, a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary for 73 years, died July 16 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa. She was 97. Sister Isabel, a...
CLEVELAND -- Broad reforms that would contribute to greater accountability and transparency regarding church finances are needed to address the financial crisis the church faces and is intensifying because of the coronavirus pandemic, said a report emerging from a...
WASHINGTON -- WAR, what is it good for? For Edwin Starr, the answer was "absolutely nothin'" -- although "somethin'" might be a better answer, since he had a No. 1 hit with the tune in 1970. But for Dominican Father Humbert...
WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of Chicago to head the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois. Bishop Hicks, 52, is vicar general of the Chicago Archdiocese and succeeds Bishop R. Daniel Conlon, who retired in May....
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Cassie Everts remembers the day in 2011 when she mourned in silence after experiencing her third miscarriage. "I remember sitting at Mass at the Easter Vigil and the priest gave this beautiful homily on how, after...